Four Italian UN peacekeepers injured in clashes between Israeli and Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon

in Rome – Four Italian soldiers were slightly injured on Friday in a rocket “attack” on a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon amid dire reports. fighting between Hezbollah soldiers and Israeli soldierssaid Rome on Friday. Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani said that initial evidence indicates that Hezbollah is responsible for the strike that injured the peacekeepers.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed “great anger and concern” at the “new attack on the Italian headquarters of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon.”

“This attack is unacceptable,” he said in a statement, asking “the parties present to ensure, at all times, the safety of UNIFIL troops and to work together to quickly find those responsible.”

Meloni did not suspect but his foreign minister and Deputy Prime Minister Tajani told reporters that it could be Hezbollah.

“There are believed to be two missiles, as seen, believed to have been launched by Hezbollah,” he said in Turin.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Italians will wait for the investigation carried out by UNIFIL.

Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said “four Italian soldiers were slightly injured following the explosion of two 122 mm rockets that hit the UNP 2-3 base in Shama” in southern Lebanon.

Two rockets appeared to have hit a bed in the base and soldiers were hit by shards of glass after windows shattered, Crosetto said, denouncing the attack as “unbearable.”

In a statement, Crosetto said he contacted his Lebanese counterpart, “reiterating that the Italian UNIFIL team remains in southern Lebanon to give a chance for peace and cannot be captured by military attacks.”

“I will try to talk to the doctor Israel’s new Defense Ministerwhich has not been possible since he assumed office, to ask him to avoid using UNIFIL bases as a shield,” he said.

“Even more intolerable is the presence of terrorists in South Lebanon who threaten the security of the blue helmets. [UNIFIL peacekeepers] and the citizens,” he added.

Operated since 1978 to guard the “Blue Line” that separates Lebanon from Israel, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has more than 9,300 troops stationed in the country. UNIFIL forces have are attacked several times during the Israel-Hezbollah war, including Israeli forces, according to the UN

The US government has helped lead ongoing talks aimed at cutting a deal between Israel and Hezbollah, and there was hope earlier this week as top White House envoy Amos Hochstein returned to Israel for talks with senior Israeli officials, but he returned in Washington without real. which is announced.